WEBVTT TO SCHOOLS>> IS THAT THE WHEN YOU CHOSE?EVERYONE HOLD UP YOUR FAVORITEBOOK.JENNIFER: THESE FIRST GRADERS ATMT ROYAL ELEMENTARY/MIDDLESCHOOL ARE SCORING BIG TIMEINSIDE THE BALTIMORE RAVENS BOOKMOBILE.>> IT'S COOL AND IT HAS A LOT BOOKS, I LIKE READING A LOT.JENNIFER IT CAN HOLD 3500 BOOKS: AT A TIME AND KIDS CAN PICKANY BOOK THEY WANT,UP TO FIVEAND KEEP THEM.>> SO THEY HAVE THAT CHOICECOMPONENT, WHICH I BIG.AND LETTING THEM TAKE SOMETHINGTHAT THEY ARE INTERESTED IN SOTHEY ARE MOR APT TO READ IT.JENNIFER: IT TAKES A LOT OFDONATIONS TO KEEP IT STOPPED.AND THIS WEEKEND THE MARYLANDBOOK BANK IS HAVING A MAJOR BOOKDRIVE.>> BOOKS FOR KIDS DAY IS THISSATURDAY AT POLYWESTERN FROM 9NINE -- FROM 9 A.M TO 2 P.M.COLLECTING BOOKS OF ANY KIND.JENNIFER>> A LOT OF OUR STUDENTS DO NOTHAVE A LIBRARY OR BOOKS AT HOMESO WHEN THE BOOKMOBILE COMESAROUND IT IS LIKE CHRISTMASEVERY MONTH.

Organizers hope to collect 25,000 books for children to give away for free, and one way they're able to reach more children is by delivering books to area schools.

First-graders at Mount Royal Elementary/Middle School scored big time in the Baltimore Ravens Bookmobile.

"It's cool. It has a lot of books. I like reading a lot," first-grader Tyler said.

The Ravens donated the van, which can hold 3,500 books at a time, to the Maryland Book Bank. Children can pick any book they want, up to five, and keep them.

"So they have that choice component, which is big, in letting them take something that they're interested in so they're more apt to read it," said Mark Feiring, of the Maryland Book Bank.

It takes a lot of donations to keep the bookmobile stocked. The Maryland Book Bank will hold a major book drive this weekend.

"Books for Kids Day is this Saturday at Poly-Western from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. We will be collecting books of any kind," Feiring said.

The bookmobile has been on the road for only a few months, but the organization needs books.

"In six months, we've managed to take books to 6,000 children and given out over 30,000 books," Feiring said.

"We know that a lot of our students don't have a library, or books at home, so when the bookmobile comes around, it's like Christmas every month," Mount Royal Elementary/Middle School principal Job Grotsky said.